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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago

There were sadly people in 2016 who protest voted for Trump to get back at the DNC for not nominating Bernie, even when Bernie begged them not to.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 7 months ago

Is there any evidence of that? I know that 12% of people who voted for Sanders in the primary ended up voting for Trump in 2016, but where's the evidence that they were ever Democrats? It's just as possible that they were Republican-leaning voters who were attracted to Sanders' message, or trying to sabotage the Democratic primary. That's a really good narrative for Clinton supporters to soothe their chagrin at the electoral college loss, but as that article points out, that number is actually pretty par for the course in elections.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Have you met any irl?

[-] FrowingFostek@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Like 12% of Bernie voters. I imagine meeting 12% of any demographic is rare.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I don't think enough Bernie voters flipped their votes to cause the Trump win. I do believe that many of them stayed home though, but I blame that on the DNC running Hillary Clinton on the most deenergizing platform. I did vote for her, but I didn't consider her a real progressive. She was just the status quo option when Trump was dementia flavored fascism.